Dirty tricks claim halts Aberdeen University rector vote

A Scottish university has suspended elections for its new rector after campaigners were accused of “dirty tricks” .

Aberdeen University has decided to rerun the vote amid allegations that supporters of one of the candidates — Maggie Chapman, the sitting rector and co-convener for the Scottish Greens — were involved in tearing down campaign posters of her rivals.

Ms Chapman’s campaign team strongly denied any wrongdoing and said there was no evidence to support the claims. They said it was “much more likely” that the complaints were a ruse to annul the election, and the decision undermined “the votes cast by students in good faith for all candidates”.

They called for the results to be released in the interests of “democratic transparency”.

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